Button for uniforms.



, c. F. GAUNT. BUTTON FOR UNIFORMSL' APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1912- Patented July 28, 1914.

Char/es f. 580/71? Wi/nesses.

Improvements in Buttons for Uniforms;

CHARLES FREDERICK GAUNT, 0F BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

Barron non UNIFORMS.

Specification of Letters Patent. 1

Application filed November 20, 1912.

Serial No. 732,559.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES FREDERICK GAUNT, of Birmingham, England, temporarily residing in the city of Montreal, Province of Quebec, and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates particularly to shank buttons of the type, particularly, for use with button-holes for fastening uniforms generally; and it has for its object to apply the principle of filigree work to the exposed fastenings of garments such as the tunics, capes and coats of soldiers, seamen, policemen, janitors, porters and others requiring a durable outer garment bearing distinctive marks or insignia, the. purpose being toreduce the amount of baser metal required for the frame or body of the button and, pro portionately, the precious metal with which it is plated and the labor and chemicals nec- I essary for cleaning. t

The invention may be said briefly to consist of a filigree button having a shank with a plurality of points of connection to spaced portions of the filigree design, another fea ture being extensions of the connected parts of the shank along the back of the design for reinforcement purposes. More specifi cally speaking, the shank consists of a plurality of loops or staples with elongated feet extending over the back of the design as just mentioned.

Another feature of the invention consists of a disk slit to accommodate the shank and fitted into the back of the button and hearing an enamel finish to serve as a back ground for the filigree design.

' For full comprehension, however, of my invention reference must be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts, and

wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the obverse side of my improved button for uniforms; Fig. 2 is a similar View of the reverse side; I

on line A A Fig. 1, and drawn to a larger scale.

The frame of my improved button for uniforms consists of a rim b containing and supporting the design consisting in the present instance of the initials B R T united to the rim and to each other by stems 0 of the same baser metal, the obverse side being plated or. enameled asrequired. The reverse side of the design at its middle thereof has brazedor otherwise rigidlylsecured to sep arated points'a shank consisting of a spider d composed of loops or staples with feet conforming to andextending alongthe side of theportions of the design requiring rein forcement. I have discovered that the outer portions of-the design, radially considered,

Patented July 28, 1914.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View taken being braced directly by the rim are stronger.

than the middle portion, and in order to re inforce this weaker portion have devised a I reinforcement adapted to'serve also as a means for attaching the button to the garment. This member consistspreferably of I loopsor staples g the legs of which are extended. in length as at [L- and' made to conform to the portions of the. design immediately surrounding the center thereof as shown clearly in Figs. 1,2, and 3. Theflportions '72, are brazed or, otherwise rigidly se cured to the reverse side ofthe filigree deslgm r The colored disk is indicated at n and has slots 0 cut therein to pass over the attachment member, while the rim of the button has a thin circumferential flange padapted to be bent over the periphery of the 1 disk and thus retain it in place. This diskinay be enameled any desiredcolor to mental or other requirements.

A principal advantage of my improved button for uniforms is that the ground work meet regiaround the design being all cutaway the letters or badge stand out prominently and are more readily'distinguished at a distance; and the-plurality of loops or staples insures that the button will be kept, when sewed on, with its design right way up. What I claim is as follows A button consisting of a filigree body and a shank in the form of a plurality of loops or staples having their legs secured to a plurality of separated portions of the reverse side of the filigree design, and such legs having extensions of the points of connection and conforming to the portions of the design to which they are secured.

In testimony whereof I-have signed my name .to this specification in the presence of two Witnesses.

Montreal November 13, 1912.

CHARLES FREDERICK GAUNT.

lVitnesses:

M. E. CooNs, E. R. PITTS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of ratents. Washington, D. G. I 

